How much do you know?

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theclaud

Openly Marxist
Location
Swansea
:biggrin: a veritable 'action man', with a love of war, I suspect he'd be a quivering jelly if faced with the real thing.

Blimey it gets better. Try the "Books" page!
 

MacB

Lover of things that come in 3's
Blimey it gets better. Try the "Books" page!

Wow, now that is really one screwed up person, boys own adventure meets action man and he seems to have about the same level of understanding when it comes to grasping the world around him. How on earth does this garbage get published?

Don't get me wrong, as a kid I read voraciously and enjoyed Biggles, The Hardy Boys, The Three Investigators, Swallows and Amazons, Huckleberry Finn, Ben Gunn, Tom Browns Schooldays, Enid Blighton and many others, I even read Mallory Towers and Red Roofs(spelling/name?) - told you I'd read anything! But he seems to be stuck at that childish level.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
I'm certain about very few things but I'm fairly sure Delingpole is someone I wouldn't touch with one.
 

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
OHMIGOD! Jeepers Creepers! And, while I'm having a chuckle...Heavens to Murgatroyd! Collapse of odd geezer at 29.44!!!!
 

jig-sore

Formerly the anorak
Location
Rugby
on a club ride a couple of weeks ago one of the riders was having trouble with a rubbing brake. so another rider decided to "back it off" by turning the adjuster barrel in the brake lever !!! . three miles later and and the rider of the adjusted bike tried to change down onto the small ring and nothing happens. this is the start of a 5 minute conversation about how the rider was too obsessive with their cleaning and had caused to mech to jam up and stick, the final nail in the coffin was that one of the really accomplished riders said "yeah, you need to put some 3-in-one on that".

now with me being new to the group my meagre comment of "thingy just locked it off by turning the barrel adjuster" was ignored.

i bit later on and the rider is still having trouble. i manged to get alongside and instruct them to wind the barrel adjuster back in. surprise surprise, the gears were working again !!!!

the point is, you never know who knows what and/or when someone you think is in the know is talking shite and should know better.

its an endless mindfield of opinion verses knowledge verses urban myth verses best guesses
 
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